Exploring the profound impact of ice on human history, A Cold Spell delves into how frozen landscapes have influenced our cultures, beliefs, and behaviors. The narrative traces the journey from ice's formative role in shaping societies to the alarming consequences of its rapid disappearance. As it highlights the environmental implications of losing ice, the book prompts reflection on our relationship with nature and the urgency of addressing climate change.
VINTAGE ALPINE POSTCARDS celebrates our relationship with Europe's great mountain range.
Photographic archive from the Rio cinema in Hackney London, depicting life in the London borough in the 1980s. This important oral history places the photos in the cultural and political context of Hackney in the 1980, contains contextual essays and is presented chronologically.
High above the pleasure palaces of the French Riviera is the Alpine Extension of the Maginot Line. These little-known bunkers were built in the 1930s to protect against Mussolini. But things didn¿t quite turn out as the French expected - Now, they are marooned and crumbling in some of the most beautiful, remote parts of the Alps. They are disappearing into the landscapes they once commanded, stray facts from a future passed, still waiting for an onslaught that never came. Bunker Research is for adventurers, architects, historians, mountain lovers and urban explorers. Follow this disquieting journey, told in stunning photos and prose, up peaks, along ridges and down valleys, searching for the hidden history of modernism in the mountains. This second edition follows the long-sold-out limited first printing, which won `Best Self Published Book¿ at the British Book Design & Production Awards 2016. It features 10 pages of new photos.
What is it about mountains that cyclists love? Max Leonard uncovers the allure of the peaks - the pain, the glory, the sweat and the tears.
lanterne rouge: French / noun1. The competitor who finishes last in the Tour de FranceIf you complete a bike race of over 3,000 kilometres, overcoming mountain ranges and merciless weather conditions while enduring physical and psychological agony, in the slowest time, should you be branded the loser?
Aimed primarily at those looking to take casual weekend breaks, this title presents the information for hardcore racing enthusiasts and special routes for those wishing to escape the traffic in London.
Aimed primarily at those looking to take casual weekend breaks, this title also includes information for hardcore racing enthusiasts and special routes for those wishing to escape the traffic.
Aimed primarily at those looking to take casual weekend breaks, this title presents the information for hardcore racing enthusiasts and special routes for those wishing to escape the traffic.